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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Further Education: Lewisham East (13 October 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to address repairs backlogs in further education colleges in Lewisham East constituency.

Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)

Answer

The Further Education Capital Transformation Programme is delivering the £1.5 billion manifesto commitment to upgrade further education (FE) college estates.

Through this programme, £200 million was allocated to all FE colleges and designated institutions to undertake immediate remedial work and upgrade the condition of their estates. Lewisham College, which supports learners from the Lewisham East Constituency, is part of Newcastle College Group (NCG). Overall, the NCG group received an allocation of £4,597,902 of capital funding to improve their estate in August 2020. College groups were able to prioritise how and at which sites they could use this funding to tackle immediate condition improvement projects.

The next stage of the programme of investment to upgrade the FE estate is due to be announced later this year.


Answered by:
Dame Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative)
20 October 2022

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